Los Angeles Chargers Vs Dallas Cowboys FULL GAME 2nd | Aug 24, 2024 | NFL Preseason | NFL Today

much deserved for Jordan Lewis what a season he had last year coming back from that Liz Frank injury wide open is Simi foko behind the cowboy secondary and down the sideline he goes he beat Andrew boo all the way to the end zone and on the first play of the second quarter the Chargers with the Deep ball well that's one way to get a little payback against the team that brought you in some years back right now here he's going to just run a simple goal route you guys see him here Andrew BR just doesn't get out of his back pedal you have to get out of your back pedal he got kept his eyes in the back field and we one thing we know about Simi foko he has size but the other thing he does he has speed and he can run straight put the ball right on the money there kept his feet tiptoed on the sideline easy touch down for the Chargers there and a good feeling for Simi foko versus his team that drafted him Cowboys drafted Simi foko in the fifth round three years ago in 2021 Cameron Dicker with the point after 78 yds and it looks like he's going to go ahead and keep that football Simi Boko going to save it as he comes back to Arlington and scores against his former team the Cowboys now this from Pepsi third round draft pick to Minnesota second round draft pick a couple of years ago of the Vikings and on the return Duce Von making some guys miss and gets out near the 25 yd line with penalty mark all over the place number six at the 18 yd line half the distance all right let's go down to the Fielding Kyle yolman with a special guest yeah guys not with a special guest but I wanted to add a little bit on with Jordan Lewis a little bit earlier you guys were talking about how he was honored pregame uh of course the pregame news had to deal with the injury to donon Bland out 6 to8 weeks due to a stress fracture in his foot and in talking to some of the young cornerbacks that are on display tonight they all had positive things to say about the leadership of not only Trayvon digs but Jordan Lewis in that room as well he's been the guy that stepped up from his injury last year now moving into a healthy season again he's been the voice of Veteran reason in that cornerback room and they're going to need him even more so now that Don bland is out for at least six to eight weeks all right thanks Kyle and there's a late flag coming in after the short gain by Royce Freeman the Veteran running back for the Cowboys who has looked good this preseason holding Defense number 91 that penalty is five yards from the end of the Run automatic first down penalty goes against Christopher Hinton adds some yardage there son of the former pro bowl offensive tackle Chris Hinton the donon Bland injury just look at what he did last nine interceptions he's rolling out his Lance and a short pickup but even before that his rookie season it was when Jordan Lewis went down with the injury donon Bland came through in a very big we playing as a slot corner for Jordan Lewis at that point and that was not his natural position we found out later on that he had never played slot prior to that he just went ahead and filled a void at the Dallas Cowboys had he went out there made nothing but plays had a handful of interceptions and then obviously comes back last year and just puts the world on notice and go ahead and go ahead and secure that all pro this dude's Mr consistency they I don't know that they understood what they had when they picked him up but now they do and he's going to be slly missed well and the other thing about it is of course Trayvon Diggs went down in the second game of the season last year with his ACL injury and so the Cowboys was so looking forward to having those two pro bowl corners on either side Trayvon Diggs and Don Bland and now we're going to have to wait on that we have to wait again back to back years we've been waiting for these guys to hit on the hit the field at the same time and you know you want to wish him a quick recovery and as uh there's Running Room for Freeman past the 40 he still wants to go the big fedal run 6' 238 lbs that's what he's listed as Bill I call him 640 but the Big Fellas are taking care of business up front got double teams going at the line of scrimmage good job by TJ bass is letting off don't get the holding call and Royce Freeman is always going to get downhill that's not the man you want to see one-on-one in the hole nice pick up for Freeman on that play Ryan fenoy here boy Freeman makes it even more interesting the uh running back situation for the Cowboys with the the size that Zeke has and Rico D is another guy who can run between the tackles and Freeman and that's what causes a little bit of confusion when it comes to this decision this is not going to be an easy decision by this front office you have Ezekiel ellot and Rico D who are both physical running backs they they both get downhill they both want to run somebody over and Royce Freeman is really the same style of back so if you're looking at it yes he's a really consistent running back he's going to get positive yardage for you but if you're going to keep a third man at the running back position not the fullback but at the running back position do you want somebody who shares the same characteristics as your other two that you're going to keep or do you want somebody who has a change of pace so that's the decision that this front office has to make more of Royce Freeman or a change of pace back like uh like a uh sorry du vau Lance fires right side and it's Tony Jefferson coming up with it down the sideline once again Tony Jefferson making a play for the Chargers you say he was in scouting now he was in scouting he was five interceptions four in the NFL only one at North Dakota State Buton Jefferson comes up with the pick right there Tre Lance has been really good by taking care of the ball he was a little late letting that ball go but that's just one heck of a play by Tony Jefferson but the Chargers in position at the 38 yd line Easton stick with the handoff to Jared Patterson trust the team at blockchain.com to make buying selling and trading crypto easy easy play smarter not harder with blockchain.com number 99 has report as eligible number 99 is eligible Scott Matlock again reports as eligible for the [Applause] [Music] Chargers and they will run behind him with Jared Patterson again gets up near the sticks Cowboys run defense is something that they are trying to improve over last year and one of the reasons that they feel like they will be improved is because of the Mike Zimmer philosophy more linebackers on the field you talk about even guys like Jordan Phillips and lynville Joseph who by the way they have agreed to terms with according to Jerry Jones nothing official just yet U they hope to improve their run defense with big guys up front and linebackers can go run and make plays Garrett Patterson again has Running Room inside the 20 down near the 17 yd line that type of yardage right there is one of the reasons why Mike Zimmer is bringing in a lot of these Big Fellas on the front defensive line lynfield Joseph is my actually my ex- teammate bill from my time with the Giants really good player he's been around the league for a long time uh he's the reason why they're bringing in so much size is because they want one in three techniques that really just hold the fort okay you see lynfield Joseph there on your screen he's been he blocking two of your players that's four guys being taken up and your lineb can roam free and make make plays stick throws incomplete keep in mind Joseph at he goes about 64330 at least and he will turn 36 in October you're not asking for a lot of snaps from these guys though no Manan you talk about Jordan Phyllis by the way if you guys look at your screen he is not playing anymore he went in there got his conditioning and now he's to the sideline you bring Albert hugin is so big Huggins is in there 68 Albert Huggins that is not Mazy Smith that is 68 not 58 all right big Albert Huggin is in there to do the same exact job and you also have uh Denzel daxon who's in there as well uh who was signed as a free agent Patterson works the right side Buddy Johnson in on the stop 57 so you're seeing a lot of the same body types they're going to be rotating in into those interior defensive line positions and you're going to have an opportunity to see these linebackers on display who can make tackles in the open field these guys are all bigger linebackers than what we experienced last year last last year we had safeties Mars Bale coming down leading the team in tackles playing out of position but now you have true linebackers that can run around and hit you in your mouth well what did Jordan love the Packers quarterback say to michah Parsons during the podcast we looked over and saw number 14 play a linebacker well now Maris Bell is playing safety which is his natural position and Maris Bell had a terrific season for the Cowboys Easton stick has the first down all the way down to the 2yd line that's typically the one guy who's not accounted for is that quarterback you see everybody really marked up on your screen left side of your screen everybody's playing man-to-man defense linebacker oh just overflew a little bit to the left side I think that was Willie Harvey he thought he was going to escape to the left stick would hit him with the stick move and use those feet to get a big play for the Chargers put him down here near the goal line see if the Cowboys defense defense can stiffen here as the Chargers took over at the 38 yd line and now in position fade left corner goes incomplete Eric Scott [Applause] defending looking for Brendan rice the son of Jerry Rice oh no right there on the spot he doesn't even have to turn and look at the ball that is a vet move I wonder who his coach 99 61 and right there a lot of people are saying why didn't he turn and look at the ball because all he's looking for is the hands of the receiver when those eyes get big of the receiver and his hand goes out all you have to do is SWAT in between them and make sure he can't get the reception Chargers come with their jumbo package here with three linemen coming in and the Cowboys with a late substitution forced to call a timeout rant proud to power the home of the Dallas Cowboys and the homes of Cowboys fans across Texas reliance official energy provider of the Dallas [Music] Cowboys let's go down to the sideline and Kyle yans yeah guys if you want to take a look at mik McCarthy he's currently at the 10 yd line still having a conversation with a couple of these NFL officials he was calling for a timeout initially because he felt like the Chargers had an opportunity to substitute late on offense so the ball should have been held and there shouldn't have been any play clock issue for the Cowboys but instead they didn't hold the ball and the Cowboys had a late substitution for goal line as well and that's what led to the ultimate timeout and the cowboys after the timeout able to make the stop for No Gain Isaiah Spiller the Texas agie brought down heany Johnson comes up to make that play love to see that goal line stand there big third and goal coming out looks like they're going to a two tight end set here offensively for the Chargers they got the Big Fellas out of there now Dallas can really go down to their base defense and match up third and goal looking let Ball B it down Buddy Johnson speaking of Texas haggies yeah Buddy Buddy Johnson 57 we've been talking about him right here at the end of your screen there's nobody responsible for blocking him at the quarterback wants to try to get out the pocket he is unimpeded does a good job of not only getting up field but getting back out so that there is no passing Lane there using his athleticism you see him no fly zone right there go ahead and take the three points cuz you're not getting six today love seeing Buddy Johnson back home playing for his hometown team at a Dallas Kimbell high school and looking very very impressive this preseason of course he was got in a couple of games this is the place to be indoors on a 99° afternoon in Arington Texas I'm appreciating the air conditioning that we have in our booth here Bill yes it's going to be back in Dallas nice it kind of feels like Oxnard here absolutely I want to see a dynamic return with this Dynamic kickoff it's about time I don't believe across the league we have had a dynamic kickoff return for a touchdown San Francisco had one that was close last night inside the 5 yd line I think and this one will not be either Malik Davis with the return you can get a behind the scenes look at AT&T Stadium with a VIP self-guided Bill Dakota Shey Shepley is in the house now all right Brock Hoffman started at Center Cooper BB not playing it's some Running Room behind the inside blockers there for duvon that's also something that doesn't get spoken about enough especially in the preseason this is the third Center that Tre Lance is now working with this preseason you understand it from a quarterback's perspective how your hands rest how fast the ball comes up the where the ball comes in terms of hitting you in the hand all those things are mechanics that you have to work and there's a reason why you don't swap out centers too often but Tre Lance does not get that luxury here in the preseason a clean exchange from center with you saying all that I just knew we were going to have a fumble I was hoping not but it's difficult you know I played a position for a very long time and a center uh you have a chemistry with that with that one man on the line obviously you're tight with all of them but I'm sure he hasn't had a ton of reps with Dakota Shepley there and I and Dakota wants to have his best game so he can prove his Worth to these coaches so a lot of times he might come up a little bit short on the snap I'm not saying that's going to happen but that's something that happens commonly when you don't work with your quarterback too often Dakota Shepley a native of Canada Windsor Ontario and to Brit British columia to college and there's a first down three straight carries from duvon move the sticks take a look at the inside good job by du vaugh getting some positive yardage but right here in the center of your screen okay he's going to technique out the way and when that linebacker presents himself go out there and get it good job shley by the way how about some love for TJ Basset Right Guard there moving some people undrafted guy last year out of Oregon finding some Running Room Roy Freeman Matt henkins on the tackle there for the Chargers he he stands at 511 185 he's trying to bring down a royce Freeman who's 240 lbs is not the match up that he wants but he has to impress for Jim Harbaugh he doesn't want to show that he he's un unwilling to put his head in there by the way Matt henkins a local product out of flower mound Marcus High School played at Iowa he also found his way back to the NFL through the usfl playing for the Birmingham stallions two tall for the 55 du Spa these are the passes that that give you nightmares bill you know that you have a very Dynamic player in Duce vaugh in space and if you get the ball to him where he can actually catch it and do something with it you're putting du vaugh one-on-one with a cornerback you see the ball's just high and outside he would had the entire sideline to work with he's going to think about that one when he lays his head on his pillow tonight so it'll bring up a third down and four Lance able to elude a couple of men and gets the first down that's what Tre Lance can do right there Trey Lance said y'all need to raise my Madden agility rating it's not high enough let me play EA Sports unnoticed comes out here I think he stays on his on his marks a little bit too long but he eventually gets out here on the edge he's trying to find a way down the field and uses his legs to get a a first down we got to try to find a way to show the people the the footwork Tre L had there we to go to the next play there there's no question about his athletic ability bill back for Trey Lance he led North Dakota state to the National Championship in that national championship game he was only six of 10 passing he ran for well over 100 yards in that game a National Championship win Royce Freeman for third round draft pick of the Broncos picks up three one thing that's consistent about Royce Freeman when he's Totten rck one guy is not bringing him down we talk about how he's in a stacked running back room who all share the same attributes but man that's a hard decision for Will mcleay and the staff to try to figure out what they're going to do with him because you do not want to lose a guy like that who always falls forward and always needs more than one man to bring him down he goes out duvon comes in third and five and there's that athleticism gets a first down he heard me talking bill didn't get a chance to show his replay last time so he said you know what I'm going to show it to you guys again you're going to see another first down for the Cowboys at the 38 yd line Von hit hard he gets to the line of scrimmage and Powers his way for a couple Jeremiah Baptist for the Chargers coming up with the big hit I want to see you got Tyron Billy Johnson Jaylen Cropper and at the top of your screen you have Ryan floi a lot of options for Tre Lance here but they're going to choose to hand it off and there goes Deuce inside the 20 nice run brought down by Jefferson and you're going to tack on some more yards as a penalty marker comes in it's like a face mask personal foul face mask Defense number 37 the penal half is the goal and automatic first down I don't know how many people remember the the gaming system Atari but it had one joystick and a button and I can tell you what du Von was out there on his game presses the line of scrimmage where is he at oh there he is it's too late oh give you a little move right here oh give you a little something too oh face Mas we'll take the extra yardage Cowboys in position to get to the end zone with two minutes left Cowboys and the Chargers two minutes left here in the first half couple of big plays gave the Chargers a two touchdown lead in this game at 17 to3 but the Cowboys now threatening Mike McCarthy looking at the play sheet he's not calling plays today the quarterback's coach Scott toine is calling [Music] plays game brought to you by United a and turf the official a and Turf Equipment supplier of the Dallas Cowboys you know I love situational football build down here on the N9 yd line down by 14 do you want to score score a touchdown immediately or do you want to take some time off the clock uh you don't want to sack you do not want to sack but you're going to force har Harbaugh now to use some timeouts cuz he wants to get the ball back for his offense was Chris Collins with the sack the rookie college free agent out of Minnesota a loss of three yards second down seems like we were in this same position Saturday night in Vegas and Tre Lance threw a touchdown pass to Ryan lenoy and the C the Raiders got the football and the Cowboys got a stop and then we got in position where to see Trey Lance sto the clock after a long run inside the 50 yd line and Brandon Aubry kicks a 66 yd field goal to end the half we're in that we're in the same situation so Cowboys could score not once but twice and minute 51 how's that for positivity like we got one-on-one at the on the left side of your screen one left side of your screen and there it is Ryan Floy it wasn't the right side it was the left side this time and the rookie out of Southeast Missouri State I like it I like it a lot I think Trey Lance likes it a lot too one-onone baby how dare you one-on-one you didn't you see the tape from last week give you a little little stutter double stutter your ey get caught in the back field Ball's put on the money outside shoulder upfield shoulder Ryan feno out there with a double time touchdown last week touchdown this week opposite ends of the field either way ends with six points good job by those two floi rymes with annoy oh Jim harbon the Chargers annoyed by Ryan fenoy right there and Brandon Aubrey with the extra point the stage is set for another 6 fore spee fore spee [Music] for spe speech speech speech fore for